Detachable handle for pails.



PATENTED MAY 12, 1903. l

A. R. AYSON. DETAGHABLE HANDLE FOR FAILS.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 22' 1902.

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NlTED STATES Fatented May 12, 1903 PATENT QFFICE.

DETACHABLE HANDLE FOR PAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 728,072, dated May 12, 1903. Application filed September 22, 1902. Serial No. 124,477. (No model.)

To "all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALEXANDER RATTRAY AYSON, a subject of the King of Great Britaim and Ireland, residing at Mosgiel, in the Colony of New Zealand, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Handles for Pails; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in detachable handles for pails and the like applicable in making a bucket from an empty kerosene-tin or other vessel without it being necessary to perforate the sides of the vessel, the main feature of the invention constituting a removable fastening applicable for various purposes.

It is an advantage when a vessel is worn out to be able to transfer the handle readily toa new one. Again, on placing a vessel with contents over a fire it is frequently best to remove the handle, and when the vessel is to be removed again attach it, and these operations are easy with my invention.

Besides having a semicircular or other wellknown form of handle or stem with perforated lower end or ends, my device consists of four parts, (some of which may be permanently united, if desired,) and when all the parts are assembled with the vessel in proper position the fastening is complete.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figures 1 and 2 are front and back elevations, and Fig. 3 a transverse section through the line 5.in Fig. 1. Fig. lis a side elevation showing amodification.

0a shows part of the upper edge of a vessel to which the invention is applied.

a shows a handle or stem apertured at b and provided withrmeans, as hereinafter described, for detachably securing the same to the vessel without perforating the latter or without requiring lugs or other attachments on the vessel. Said detaching means for the handles comprise the pins 6, preferably screwthreaded, as shown, provided with the adjacent gripping-plates c and d, which are adapted to be carried by said pin-support e on one side of each end of the handles, so that when the pins 6, which pass through the apertures b, are moved transversely of the handles byanysuitable means, such as the wingnut f, the clamping-plates c and (1, located adjacent each other on the same side of each handle end, are moved together and clamp the sides of the vessels for detachably securing the handle thereto.

Instead of pivotally connecting the ends a of the handle directly on the pin or support e I prefer to adopt the construction clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein crepresents a hollow bearing or sleeve provided with the centrally-apertured annular flange comprising the gripping-plate c. This sleeve or bearing 0 is loosely mounted in the aperture 1) of the handle a and forms a journal for the screw-threaded pin e. The sleeve or bearing 0' is of a length sufficient to pass completely through said aperture 1), so that the boss 0 of the \ving nutf, being of greater diameter than the aperture 5, engages the end of the sleeve 0' Whentightened up and allows the handle to oscillate freely on the sleeve or hearing, or instead of this arrangement I sometimes find it convenient and advantageous to adopt the modified construction shown in Fig. 4, wherein the apertures b through the ends of thehandles are sufficiently large to receive the boss 0 of the wingnut f, which in this construction engages directly with the annular gripping-plate c, the hollow sleeve-bearin g 0 being dispensed with and the boss 0 acting in its stead.

cl represents an inwardly-projectin g indenting lip or flange at the lower end of the clamping-plate d, the said indenting-flange being preferably so disposed relatively to the gripping-plate c as to engage thesides of the vessel directly beneath the lower edge of the plate 0. Thus when the plates are clamped together the sides of the vessel are indented for more securely fastening the grippingplates thereto, as shown at w in Fig. 3.

It is obvious that the gripping-plate d may be either loosely mounted on the pin e or secured on the end thereof, and indeed many modifications might be made without departing from the spirit of my invention; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- 1. In a device of the class described,the combination of a pail having imperforate sides, with a handle or bail therefor, and means for securing said handle to said pail without perforating the same comprising gripping-plates disposed adjacent to each other on the same side of each of the ends of said handle or bail, and means for moving said gripping-plates toward and away from each other, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described,the com bination with the handle, of means, supended thereby for detachably securing the handle to the wall of a bucket or similar vessel without perforating the same, comprising downwardly-extending gripping-plates disposed adjacent each other on the same side of each of said handle ends and operative transversely thereof, relatively to each other, for the purpose set forth, one of said gripping-plates being provided with a laterally-projecting in denting-flange at the lower end thereof adapted to engage the wall of the bucket or similar vessel on the opposite side from and immediately below said other gripping-plate when clamped in position.

3. In adevice of the class described,the combination with the handle having apertured ends, of a hollow bearing or sleeve adapted to loosely fit in each of the apertured ends of said handle, said sleeve provided with a centrally-apertured annular flange or grippingplate, a pin passing through said sleeve and gripping-plate,.a second gripping-plate supported by said pin adjacent said first gripping-plate, and provided with an inwardlyprojecting flange at the lower end thereof for indenting and securely fastening itself to the wall of a bucket or vessel when clamped thereto, and means for moving said pin transversely of said handle for clamping said gripping-plates.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER RAT'JRA Y AYSON.

Witnesses:

A. R. TALCONER, JAMES R. PRENTICE. 

